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Form N-Q Advantage Funds, Inc. For: Nov 30

January 13, 2017 3:14 PM EST

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number

811-07123

 

 

 

Advantage Funds, Inc.

 

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10166

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett A. MacDougall, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York  10166

 

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 

(212) 922-6400

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

  08/31

 

Date of reporting period:

  11/30/16

 

             

The following N-Q relates only to the Registrant's series listed below and does not relate to any series of the Registrant with a different fiscal year end and, therefore, different N-Q reporting requirements.  A separate N-Q will be filed for any series with a different fiscal year end, as appropriate.

 

 Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap Value Fund

 Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap Fund

 Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund

 Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund

 Dreyfus Structured Midcap Fund

 Dreyfus Technology Growth Fund

 


 

FORM N-Q

Item 1.                         Schedule of Investments.

                       

 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap Value Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Common Stocks - 99.5%  Shares   Value ($) 
Automobiles & Components - .6%       
Visteon  97,600   7,678,192 
Banks - 2.2%       
KeyCorp  1,696,448   29,365,515 
Capital Goods - 10.8%       
HD Supply Holdings  1,382,611 a  54,253,656 
Hubbell  200,551   22,517,866 
Snap-on  234,246   39,165,931 
Textron  662,388   30,489,720 
      146,427,173 
Consumer Services - 1.7%       
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  141,905 a  1,568,050 
Royal Caribbean Cruises  270,769   21,924,166 
      23,492,216 
Diversified Financials - 28.6%       
Capital One Financial  332,419   27,936,493 
E*TRADE Financial  1,998,153 a  68,956,260 
Intercontinental Exchange  565,671   31,338,173 
Leucadia National  2,619,226   57,675,357 
Raymond James Financial  653,882   47,040,271 
SLM  5,570,961 a  56,099,577 
Synchrony Financial  1,779,086   61,485,212 
TD Ameritrade Holding  916,656   37,592,063 
      388,123,406 
Energy - 1.2%       
Cheniere Energy  395,630 a  16,165,442 
Exchange-Traded Funds - .6%       
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust  26,879   7,967,742 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 2.5%       
Archer-Daniels-Midland  784,957   33,933,691 
Health Care Equipment & Services - .4%       
Humana  26,536   5,642,615 
Insurance - 2.1%       
Assurant  335,692   28,983,647 
Materials - 5.0%       
Mosaic  1,750,004 b  49,700,114 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Materials - 5.0% (continued)       
Newmont Mining  160,385   5,202,889 
Potash Corp of Saskatchewan  705,494   12,861,156 
      67,764,159 
Media - 1.9%       
CBS, Cl. B  121,775   7,394,178 
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Cl. A  550,323   17,913,014 
      25,307,192 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 6.1%       
Akorn  1,011,775 a  21,469,865 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals  300,047 a  31,093,871 
Mylan  840,804 a  30,781,834 
      83,345,570 
Real Estate - .8%       
Outfront Media  406,883 c  10,257,520 
Retailing - 8.6%       
Bed Bath & Beyond  602,374   26,992,379 
LKQ  474,526 a  15,578,689 
Staples  4,125,477   39,893,363 
Tiffany & Co.  133,575   11,017,266 
Williams-Sonoma  429,611 b  23,534,091 
      117,015,788 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.2%       
Lam Research  218,783   23,195,374 
Maxim Integrated Products  567,606   22,289,888 
Teradyne  448,154   10,925,995 
United Microelectronics, ADR  7,505,323   13,659,688 
      70,070,945 
Software & Services - 4.0%       
Broadridge Financial Solutions  197,450   12,782,913 
CommVault Systems  59,678 a  3,222,612 
eBay  609,357 a  16,946,218 
First Data, Cl. A  1,017,486 a  14,824,771 
Intuit  60,375   6,863,430 
      54,639,944 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 11.8%       
Amphenol, Cl. A  199,049   13,587,085 
Ciena  1,035,736 a  22,216,537 
Corning  1,183,810   28,446,954 
FLIR Systems  794,511   28,530,890 
Hewlett Packard Enterprise  837,999   19,944,376 

 


 

Common Stocks - 99.5% (continued)  Shares   Value ($)  
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 11.8% (continued)         
Keysight Technologies  826,752 a  30,449,276  
Viavi Solutions  2,249,202 a  17,656,236  
      160,831,354  
Transportation - 2.7%         
Hertz Global Holdings  660,852 a  16,640,253  
Norfolk Southern  193,377   20,586,915  
      37,227,168  
Utilities - 2.7%         
American Water Works  181,062   13,121,563  
Calpine  2,108,195 a  23,506,374  
      36,627,937  
Total Common Stocks (cost $1,180,053,523)      1,350,867,216  
Master Limited Partnerships - .6%         
Diversified Financials - .6%         
Blackstone Group LP         
(cost $6,525,207)  320,902   8,260,017  
Other Investment - .8%  Shares   Value ($)  
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund         
(cost $11,549,205)  11,549,205 d  11,549,205  
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - .1%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund, Hamilton Shares         
(cost $1,236,661)  1,236,661 d  1,236,661  
Total Investments (cost $1,199,364,596)  101.0 %  1,371,913,099  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (1.0 %)  (14,232,667 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  1,357,680,432  

 

ADR—American Depository Receipt
ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund
LP—Limited Partnership
SPDR—Standard & Poor's Depository Receipt

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At November 30, 2016, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $42,020,817 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $41,493,007, consisting of cash collateral of $1,236,661 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $40,256,346.

c     

Investment in real estate investment trust.

d     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Diversified Financials  29.2 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  11.8 
Capital Goods  10.8 
Retailing  8.6 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  6.1 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  5.2 
Materials  5.0 
Software & Services  4.0 
Transportation  2.7 
Utilities  2.7 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco  2.5 
Banks  2.2 
Insurance  2.1 
Media  1.9 
Consumer Services  1.7 
Energy  1.2 
Money Market Investments  .9 
Real Estate  .8 
Automobiles & Components  .6 
Exchange-Traded Funds  .6 
Health Care Equipment & Services  .4 
  101.0 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap Value Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2016 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  1,316,378,630  -  -  1,316,378,630 
Equity Securities—         
Foreign Common         
Stocks  26,520,844  -  -  26,520,844 
Exchange-Traded Funds  7,967,742  -  -  7,967,742 
Master Limited         
Partnerships  8,260,017  -  -  8,260,017 
Mutual Funds  12,785,866  -  -  12,785,866 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the"Service") approved by the Board Members ("Board").These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and financial futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the


 

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benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At November 30, 2016, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $172,548,503, consisting of $228,695,137 gross unrealized appreciation and $56,146,634 gross unrealized depreciation.

At November 30, 2016, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Common Stocks - 99.8%  Shares   Value ($) 
Automobiles & Components - 1.6%       
Visteon  185,945   14,628,293 
Banks - 14.6%       
Ameris Bancorp  259,805 a  11,652,254 
Banner  221,721   11,558,316 
Columbia Banking System  172,139   6,854,575 
FCB Financial Holdings, Cl. A  458,225 b  20,276,456 
First Interstate BancSystem, Cl. A  284,058   10,723,190 
MGIC Investment  1,730,669 b  15,697,168 
Pinnacle Financial Partners  156,493 a  10,093,799 
Simmons First National, Cl. A  99,428   6,010,423 
South State  109,467 a  9,299,222 
SVB Financial Group  179,237 b  28,324,823 
      130,490,226 
Capital Goods - 2.8%       
CLARCOR  99,357   6,999,701 
Simpson Manufacturing  146,205   6,892,104 
TASER International  163,362 a,b  4,448,347 
Thermon Group Holdings  336,271 b  6,469,854 
      24,810,006 
Commercial & Professional Services - 3.6%       
Knoll  250,352   6,636,832 
Steelcase, Cl. A  535,806   8,331,783 
TrueBlue  805,488 b  16,874,974 
      31,843,589 
Consumer Durables & Apparel - 2.4%       
Deckers Outdoor  173,303 a,b  10,308,062 
G-III Apparel Group  341,259 b  9,268,594 
WCI Communities  78,935 b  1,835,239 
      21,411,895 
Consumer Services - .8%       
Fogo De Chao  75,201 b  1,041,534 
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  233,758 a,b  2,583,026 
Potbelly  249,544 b  3,406,276 
      7,030,836 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Common Stocks - 99.8% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Diversified Financials - 10.4%       
Donnelley Financial Solutions  304,849   5,813,470 
FNFV Group  639,956 b  8,191,437 
Green Dot, Cl. A  385,419 b  9,292,452 
Investment Technology Group  468,791   8,738,264 
Landcadia Holdings  301,090   3,125,314 
Raymond James Financial  323,854   23,298,057 
SLM  3,443,676 b  34,677,817 
      93,136,811 
Energy - 1.5%       
Arch Coal, Cl. A  177,607 a,b  13,858,674 
Exchange-Traded Funds - 1.3%       
iShares Russell 2000 ETF  89,527 a  11,782,648 
Health Care Equipment & Services - .8%       
Adeptus Health, Cl. A  248,565 a,b  2,082,975 
Brookdale Senior Living  450,771 b  5,242,467 
      7,325,442 
Household & Personal Products - .7%       
Avon Products  1,135,583 b  6,098,081 
Materials - 5.6%       
Methanex  886,890 a  39,023,160 
New Gold  501,816 b  1,796,501 
OMNOVA Solutions  965,074 b  9,264,710 
      50,084,371 
Media - 5.1%       
Gray Television  850,822 b  8,593,302 
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Cl. A  295,360 a  17,618,224 
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Cl. A  595,795 a  19,393,127 
      45,604,653 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 7.1%       
Akorn  89,565 b  1,900,569 
Flamel Technologies, ADR  779,065 b  8,273,670 
Flexion Therapeutics  327,870 a,b  5,409,855 
GW Pharmaceuticals, ADR  117,086 a,b  13,072,652 
Revance Therapeutics  628,035 a,b  10,519,586 
TherapeuticsMD  4,067,050 b  24,158,277 
      63,334,609 
Retailing - 5.5%       
Lithia Motors, Cl. A  266,714   24,511,017 
Office Depot  4,466,642   21,752,547 

 


 

Common Stocks - 99.8% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Retailing - 5.5% (continued)       
Staples  279,617   2,703,896 
      48,967,460 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 7.9%       
Applied Micro Circuits  1,357,814 b  11,880,872 
Cavium  375,870 b  21,435,866 
Microsemi  272,924 b  14,942,589 
Teradyne  901,905   21,988,444 
      70,247,771 
Software & Services - 6.2%       
CommVault Systems  388,329 b  20,969,766 
Envestnet  115,997 a,b  4,187,492 
Silver Spring Networks  233,247 b  3,253,796 
Square, Cl. A  1,778,400   23,012,496 
WebMD Health  75,942 a,b  4,050,746 
      55,474,296 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 13.3%       
Ciena  993,591 a,b  21,312,527 
Fabrinet  220,186 b  9,423,961 
Infinera  1,322,469 a,b  11,240,987 
Keysight Technologies  243,736 b  8,976,797 
Lumentum Holdings  183,633 b  7,363,683 
Methode Electronics  402,216   14,861,881 
Sierra Wireless  607,744 a,b  9,328,870 
Universal Display  272,882 a,b  14,913,001 
Viavi Solutions  2,725,797 b  21,397,506 
      118,819,213 
Transportation - 8.4%       
ArcBest  267,069   8,132,251 
Avis Budget Group  683,531 b  26,172,402 
Knight Transportation  652,505   22,837,675 
Werner Enterprises  652,537   17,651,126 
      74,793,454 
Utilities - .2%       
Calpine  191,833 b  2,138,938 
Total Common Stocks (cost $727,786,638)      891,881,266 
Other Investment - .6%  Shares   Value ($) 
Registered Investment Company;       
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund       
(cost $5,581,114)  5,581,114 c  5,581,114 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 9.6%  Shares   Value ($)  
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund, Hamilton Shares         
(cost $85,807,853)  85,807,853 c  85,807,853  
Total Investments (cost $819,175,605)  110.0 %  983,270,233  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (10.0 %)  (89,645,273 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  893,624,960  

 

ADR—American Depository Receipt
ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund

a     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At November 30, 2016, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $123,608,573 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $124,671,934, consisting of cash collateral of $85,807,853 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $38,864,081.

b     

Non-income producing security.

c     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Banks  14.6 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  13.3 
Diversified Financials  10.4 
Money Market Investments  10.2 
Transportation  8.4 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  7.9 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  7.1 
Software & Services  6.2 
Materials  5.6 
Retailing  5.5 
Media  5.1 
Commercial & Professional Services  3.6 
Capital Goods  2.8 
Consumer Durables & Apparel  2.4 
Automobiles & Components  1.6 
Energy  1.5 
Exchange-Traded Funds  1.3 
Consumer Services  .8 
Health Care Equipment & Services  .8 
Household & Personal Products  .7 
Utilities  .2 
  110.0 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Opportunistic Small Cap Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2016 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  799,179,804  -  -  799,179,804 
Equity Securities—         
Foreign Common         
Stocks  80,918,814  -  -  80,918,814 
Exchange-Traded Funds  11,782,648  -  -  11,782,648 
Mutual Funds  91,388,967  -  -  91,388,967 

 

See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the"Service") approved by the Board Members ("Board").These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and financial futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the


 

NOTES

benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At November 30, 2016, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $164,094,628, consisting of $187,583,731 gross unrealized appreciation and $23,489,103 gross unrealized depreciation.

At November 30, 2016, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Common Stocks - 99.7%  Shares   Value ($) 
Automobiles & Components - 2.3%       
Visteon  7,277   572,482 
Banks - 13.7%       
Bank of America  53,755   1,135,306 
Citigroup  18,726   1,055,959 
MGIC Investment  78,462 a  711,650 
Wells Fargo & Co.  9,327   493,585 
      3,396,500 
Capital Goods - 5.3%       
Honeywell International  5,741   654,130 
Snap-on  3,930   657,096 
      1,311,226 
Diversified Financials - 12.3%       
E*TRADE Financial  15,678 a  541,048 
Intercontinental Exchange  12,836   711,114 
SLM  52,737 a  531,062 
Synchrony Financial  36,477   1,260,645 
      3,043,869 
Energy - 6.8%       
Pioneer Natural Resources  5,033   961,504 
Superior Energy Services  41,146 b  709,357 
      1,670,861 
Exchange-Traded Funds - 4.7%       
iShares Russell 1000 ETF  1,519   186,594 
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust  2,207   486,379 
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF  2,414   488,594 
      1,161,567 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 4.9%       
Coca-Cola  11,132   449,176 
Conagra Brands  8,159   299,354 
Lamb Weston Holdings  2,720 a  91,054 
Molson Coors Brewing, Cl. B  3,923   384,572 
      1,224,156 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 3.3%       
Abbott Laboratories  11,595   441,422 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Common Stocks - 99.7% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 3.3% (continued)       
Brookdale Senior Living  32,959 a  383,313 
      824,735 
Materials - 4.7%       
Dow Chemical  9,229   514,240 
Steel Dynamics  17,973   637,682 
      1,151,922 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 3.9%       
Allergan  1,961   381,022 
Mylan  15,618 a  571,775 
      952,797 
Retailing - 5.0%       
Lithia Motors, Cl. A  6,398   587,976 
Staples  66,659   644,592 
      1,232,568 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 9.3%       
Broadcom  3,275   558,355 
Microchip Technology  9,118 b  603,429 
Power Integrations  9,322   627,371 
Xilinx  9,636   520,151 
      2,309,306 
Software & Services - 16.2%       
Alphabet, Cl. C  1,087 a  823,989 
Facebook, Cl. A  4,618 a  546,864 
Fortinet  14,825 a  446,232 
HubSpot  7,959 a  446,500 
Oracle  19,979   802,956 
salesforce.com  7,626 a  549,072 
Splunk  6,994 a,b  402,994 
      4,018,607 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 1.8%       
Amphenol, Cl. A  6,637   453,042 
Transportation - 3.0%       
Union Pacific  7,209   730,488 
Utilities - 2.5%       
American Water Works  8,705   630,851 
Total Common Stocks (cost $22,240,144)      24,684,977 
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 1.7%       
Registered Investment Company;       
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund, Hamilton Shares       
(cost $404,745)  404,745 c  404,745 

 


 

Total Investments (cost $22,644,889)  101.4 %  25,089,722  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (1.4 %)  (335,709 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  24,754,013  

 

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At November 30, 2016, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $1,516,889 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $1,464,265, consisting of cash collateral of $404,745 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $1,059,520.

c     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Software & Services  16.2 
Banks  13.7 
Diversified Financials  12.3 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  9.3 
Energy  6.8 
Capital Goods  5.3 
Retailing  5.0 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco  4.9 
Exchange-Traded Funds  4.7 
Materials  4.7 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  3.9 
Health Care Equipment & Services  3.3 
Transportation  3.0 
Utilities  2.5 
Automobiles & Components  2.3 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  1.8 
Money Market Investment  1.7 
  101.4 

 

ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund
SPDR—Standard & Poor's Depository Receipt

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2016 in valuing the fund’s investments:

  Level 1  Level 2 - Other     
  Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:         
Equity Securities - Domestic         
Common Stocks  22,965,055  -  -  22,965,055 
Equity Securities - Foreign Common         
Stocks  558,355  -  -  558,355 
Exchange-Traded Funds  1,161,567  -  -  1,161,567 
Mutual Funds  404,745  -  -  404,745 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and financial futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the fund's Board Members (the "Board"). Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial


 

NOTES

assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At November 30, 2016, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $2,444,833, consisting of $3,132,400 gross unrealized appreciation and $687,567 gross unrealized depreciation.

At November 30, 2016, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Common Stocks - 99.9%  Shares   Value ($) 
Automobiles & Components - .6%       
Goodyear Tire & Rubber  367,433   11,276,519 
Banks - 12.5%       
Bank of America  3,033,307   64,063,444 
BB&T  336,297   15,217,439 
Comerica  244,042   15,557,678 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1,080,210   86,600,436 
PNC Financial Services Group  197,145   21,792,408 
SunTrust Banks  377,540   19,613,203 
      222,844,608 
Capital Goods - 7.1%       
General Dynamics  76,669   13,443,909 
Honeywell International  218,512   24,897,257 
Northrop Grumman  34,457   8,602,190 
Raytheon  359,166   53,709,684 
United Technologies  237,316   25,563,680 
      126,216,720 
Consumer Services - .7%       
Carnival  251,447   12,926,890 
Diversified Financials - 15.6%       
Berkshire Hathaway, Cl. B  381,866 a  60,120,983 
Charles Schwab  514,105   19,875,299 
E*TRADE Financial  680,876 a  23,497,031 
Goldman Sachs Group  231,309   50,723,751 
Morgan Stanley  763,743   31,588,410 
Raymond James Financial  259,416   18,662,387 
Synchrony Financial  1,054,156   36,431,631 
Voya Financial  936,320   36,394,758 
      277,294,250 
Energy - 14.8%       
Anadarko Petroleum  415,560   28,735,974 
EOG Resources  457,348   46,887,317 
Halliburton  654,898   34,768,535 
Kinder Morgan  724,292   16,079,282 
Marathon Petroleum  227,874   10,714,635 
Occidental Petroleum  758,719   54,142,188 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Common Stocks - 99.9% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Energy - 14.8% (continued)       
Phillips 66  384,712   31,961,873 
Pioneer Natural Resources  121,751   23,259,311 
Valero Energy  271,754   16,729,176 
      263,278,291 
Exchange-Traded Funds - 1.3%       
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF  209,026   22,974,048 
Food & Staples Retailing - .9%       
Walgreens Boots Alliance  188,617   15,981,518 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 7.6%       
Archer-Daniels-Midland  370,906   16,034,266 
Coca-Cola  371,802   15,002,211 
Coca-Cola European Partners  374,770   12,165,034 
ConAgra Foods  490,630   18,001,215 
Kellogg  300,043   21,603,096 
Lamb Weston Holdings  290,813 a  9,736,430 
Molson Coors Brewing, Cl. B  323,734   31,735,644 
Mondelez International, Cl. A  269,042   11,095,292 
      135,373,188 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 5.5%       
Abbott Laboratories  492,364   18,744,297 
Boston Scientific  901,180 a  18,438,143 
Humana  65,636   13,956,839 
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings  88,502 a  11,137,977 
UnitedHealth Group  167,330   26,491,686 
Zimmer Biomet Holdings  83,680   8,523,645 
      97,292,587 
Insurance - 4.4%       
Chubb  137,493   17,599,104 
Hartford Financial Services Group  371,017   17,482,321 
Prudential Financial  424,521   42,706,813 
      77,788,238 
Materials - 5.9%       
CF Industries Holdings  653,914 b  18,924,271 
Dow Chemical  147,095   8,196,133 
Martin Marietta Materials  119,273   26,174,460 
Packaging Corporation of America  295,595 b  25,054,632 
Vulcan Materials  209,585   26,334,355 
      104,683,851 
Media - 3.2%       
Omnicom Group  203,714   17,710,895 

 


 

Common Stocks - 99.9% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Media - 3.2% (continued)       
Time Warner  345,416   31,716,097 
Viacom, Cl. B  217,683   8,158,759 
      57,585,751 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 3.8%       
Bristol-Myers Squibb  219,146   12,368,600 
Eli Lilly & Co.  210,146   14,105,000 
Merck & Co.  688,995   42,159,604 
      68,633,204 
Real Estate - 1.0%       
Communications Sales & Leasing  737,647 c  18,389,540 
Retailing - 1.0%       
Staples  1,875,609   18,137,139 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.6%       
Applied Materials  562,496   18,112,371 
Microchip Technology  266,000 b  17,603,880 
Texas Instruments  380,417   28,124,229 
      63,840,480 
Software & Services - 3.6%       
Alphabet, Cl. A  19,228 a  14,918,621 
eBay  469,612 a  13,059,910 
Oracle  598,183   24,040,975 
Teradata  462,837 a  12,427,173 
      64,446,679 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 4.5%       
Apple  136,325   15,066,639 
Cisco Systems  1,166,032   34,771,074 
Corning  734,071   17,639,726 
Harris  125,600   13,007,136 
      80,484,575 
Transportation - 2.3%       
Delta Air Lines  565,078   27,225,458 
United Continental Holdings  205,689 a  14,182,257 
      41,407,715 
Total Common Stocks (cost $1,462,681,494)      1,780,855,791 
Other Investment - .2%       
Registered Investment Company;       
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund       
(cost $3,798,459)  3,798,459 d  3,798,459 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 1.5%  Shares   Value ($)  
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund, Hamilton Shares         
(cost $26,469,522)  26,469,523 d  26,469,523  
Total Investments (cost $1,492,949,475)  101.6 %  1,811,123,773  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (1.6 %)  (27,736,499 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  1,783,387,274  

 

a     

Non-income producing security.

b     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At November 30, 2016, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $33,340,915 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $33,725,436, consisting of cash collateral of $26,469,523 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $7,255,913.

c     

Investment in real estate investment trust.

d     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Diversified Financials  15.6 
Energy  14.8 
Banks  12.5 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco  7.6 
Capital Goods  7.1 
Materials  5.9 
Health Care Equipment & Services  5.5 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  4.5 
Insurance  4.4 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  3.8 
Software & Services  3.6 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  3.6 
Media  3.2 
Transportation  2.3 
Money Market Investments  1.7 
Exchange-Traded Funds  1.3 
Real Estate  1.0 
Retailing  1.0 
Food & Staples Retailing  .9 
Consumer Services  .7 
Automobiles & Components  .6 
  101.6 

 

Based on net assets.

See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Strategic Value Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2016 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  1,757,881,743  -  -  1,757,881,743 
Exchange-Traded Funds  22,974,048  -  -  22,974,048 
Mutual Funds  30,267,982  -  -  30,267,982 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the"Service") approved by the Board Members ("Board").These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and financial futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the


 

NOTES

benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At November 30, 2016, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $318,174,298, consisting of $340,825,363 gross unrealized appreciation and $22,651,065 gross unrealized depreciation.

At November 30, 2016, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Structured Midcap Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Common Stocks - 99.8%  Shares   Value ($) 
Automobiles & Components - .9%       
Visteon  25,465   2,003,332 
Banks - 4.3%       
Cathay General Bancorp  85,320   2,994,732 
East West Bancorp  109,840   5,259,139 
First Horizon National  56,635   1,080,596 
      9,334,467 
Capital Goods - 14.9%       
Allison Transmission Holdings  75,985   2,520,422 
BWX Technologies  6,195   242,596 
CLARCOR  26,900   1,895,105 
Curtiss-Wright  22,320   2,243,606 
GATX  44,975 a  2,457,434 
HD Supply Holdings  60,820 b  2,386,577 
Huntington Ingalls Industries  25,645   4,584,300 
Lennox International  30,520 a  4,537,408 
Oshkosh  33,740   2,361,800 
Owens Corning  50,780   2,609,076 
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Cl. A  63,895   3,721,884 
Toro  42,030   2,224,648 
United Rentals  2,770 b  280,075 
      32,064,931 
Commercial & Professional Services - .1%       
Deluxe  3,140   212,578 
Consumer Durables & Apparel - 5.5%       
Brunswick  87,370   4,378,984 
KB Home  75,880 a  1,201,939 
NVR  1,560 b  2,488,200 
Tempur Sealy International  60,290 a,b  3,816,357 
      11,885,480 
Consumer Services - 1.6%       
Darden Restaurants  47,520   3,483,216 
Diversified Financials - 2.8%       
Affiliated Managers Group  22,210 b  3,289,301 
CBOE Holdings  23,330   1,607,437 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Common Stocks - 99.8% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Diversified Financials - 2.8% (continued)       
SEI Investments  25,025   1,180,680 
      6,077,418 
Energy - 1.5%       
World Fuel Services  74,280   3,302,489 
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.6%       
Sprouts Farmers Markets  175,590 a,b  3,513,556 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco - 3.3%       
Blue Buffalo Pet Products  38,320 b  897,838 
Dean Foods  214,785   4,265,630 
Ingredion  14,500   1,702,010 
J.M. Smucker  1,350   170,033 
      7,035,511 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 5.8%       
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions  76,170 b  836,347 
Halyard Health  34,200 b  1,270,530 
Hologic  71,975 b  2,755,203 
Teleflex  21,770   3,220,436 
WellCare Health Plans  32,000 b  4,384,640 
      12,467,156 
Insurance - 6.7%       
Aspen Insurance Holdings  25,170   1,282,412 
CNO Financial Group  59,900   1,072,210 
Hanover Insurance Group  24,330   2,106,735 
Old Republic International  210,070   3,753,951 
Primerica  53,515 a  3,783,511 
Reinsurance Group of America  20,230   2,469,072 
      14,467,891 
Materials - 8.9%       
Bemis  7,675   384,287 
Cabot  67,540   3,439,812 
Celanese, Ser. A  22,150   1,756,938 
Commercial Metals  151,890   3,343,099 
Crown Holdings  21,170 b  1,151,436 
PolyOne  51,430   1,695,647 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum  56,625   4,592,287 
Steel Dynamics  5,590   198,333 
Worthington Industries  46,850   2,636,718 
      19,198,557 
Media - .9%       
New York Times, Cl. A  144,765   1,881,945 

 


 

Common Stocks - 99.8% (continued)  Shares   Value ($) 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences - 4.5%       
Bruker  31,060   704,441 
Charles River Laboratories International  36,260 b  2,578,086 
Mettler-Toledo International  9,615 b  3,961,572 
United Therapeutics  19,490 a,b  2,448,139 
      9,692,238 
Real Estate - 9.6%       
First Industrial Realty Trust  56,740 c  1,500,773 
Kilroy Realty  68,530 c  4,957,460 
Lamar Advertising, Cl. A  69,105 c  4,580,970 
Post Properties  51,070 c  3,320,571 
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers  71,460 c  2,463,226 
Weingarten Realty Investors  111,485 c  3,958,832 
      20,781,832 
Retailing - 2.6%       
Big Lots  77,380 a  3,916,202 
The Michaels Companies  69,730 b  1,700,017 
      5,616,219 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - .7%       
Integrated Device Technology  61,885 b  1,448,109 
Software & Services - 11.5%       
CDK Global  12,840   740,868 
Citrix Systems  45,545 b  3,950,118 
Convergys  84,090   2,175,408 
CoreLogic  60,520 b  2,283,420 
DST Systems  31,735   3,275,369 
Fair Isaac  10,880   1,236,947 
Manhattan Associates  6,600 b  345,840 
Mentor Graphics  130,965   4,786,771 
NeuStar, Cl. A  82,825 a,b  2,008,506 
Nuance Communications  210,385 b  3,410,341 
VeriSign  6,680 b  526,718 
      24,740,306 
Technology Hardware & Equipment - 4.8%       
Arrow Electronics  25,515 b  1,741,909 
Belden  34,030   2,514,817 
InterDigital  27,235   2,157,012 
IPG Photonics  5,945 a,b  570,244 
NCR  89,460 b  3,466,575 
      10,450,557 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Common Stocks - 99.8% (continued)  Shares   Value ($)  
Telecommunication Services - .5%         
CenturyLink  45,240 a  1,064,045  
Transportation - .1%         
Alaska Air Group  2,825 a  232,413  
Utilities - 6.7%         
FirstEnergy  109,795   3,435,486  
Great Plains Energy  148,550   3,920,235  
MDU Resources Group  142,590   3,966,854  
NiSource  147,500   3,236,150  
      14,558,725  
Total Common Stocks (cost $186,836,905)      215,512,971  
Other Investment - .3%  Shares   Value ($)  
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund         
(cost $604,510)  604,510 d  604,510  
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 7.3%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund, Hamilton Shares         
(cost $15,668,133)  15,668,133 d  15,668,133  
Total Investments (cost $203,109,548)  107.4 %  231,785,614  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (7.4 %)  (15,886,649 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  215,898,965  

 

a     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At November 30, 2016, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $25,201,920 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $25,990,015, consisting of cash collateral of $15,668,133 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $10,321,882.

b     

Non-income producing security.

c     

Investment in real estate investment trust.

d     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.


 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Capital Goods  14.9 
Software & Services  11.5 
Real Estate  9.6 
Materials  8.9 
Money Market Investments  7.6 
Insurance  6.7 
Utilities  6.7 
Health Care Equipment & Services  5.8 
Consumer Durables & Apparel  5.5 
Technology Hardware & Equipment  4.8 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences  4.5 
Banks  4.3 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco  3.3 
Diversified Financials  2.8 
Retailing  2.6 
Consumer Services  1.6 
Food & Staples Retailing  1.6 
Energy  1.5 
Automobiles & Components  .9 
Media  .9 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  .7 
Telecommunication Services  .5 
Commercial & Professional Services  .1 
Transportation  .1 
  107.4 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Structured Midcap Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2016 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs  Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  215,512,971  -  -  215,512,971 
Mutual Funds  16,272,643  -  -  16,272,643 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the"Service") approved by the Board Members ("Board").These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and financial futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the


 

NOTES

benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At November 30, 2016, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $28,676,066, consisting of $34,775,668 gross unrealized appreciation and $6,099,602 gross unrealized depreciation.

At November 30, 2016, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Technology Growth Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Common Stocks - 97.2%  Shares   Value ($) 
Communications Equipment - 3.6%       
Cisco Systems  296,348   8,837,097 
Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 6.4%       
Amphenol, Cl. A  145,441   9,927,803 
Tesla Motors  30,773 a,b  5,828,406 
      15,756,209 
Health Care Equipment & Services - 2.5%       
ABIOMED  37,788 b  4,241,325 
DexCom  30,750 b  2,007,667 
      6,248,992 
Internet & Catalog Retail - 10.4%       
Amazon.com  11,708 b  8,787,674 
Netflix  61,117 b  7,150,689 
Priceline Group  6,353 b  9,552,879 
      25,491,242 
Internet Software & Services - 18.2%       
Alphabet, Cl. A  10,248 b  7,951,218 
Alphabet, Cl. C  14,715 b  11,154,559 
Facebook, Cl. A  81,703 b  9,675,269 
Splunk  157,019 b  9,047,435 
Tencent Holdings  282,200   7,047,269 
      44,875,750 
IT Services - 6.7%       
Paychex  116,330   6,857,653 
Visa, Cl. A  124,590   9,633,299 
      16,490,952 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 20.4%       
Applied Materials  175,653   5,656,027 
Broadcom  62,136   10,593,567 
Lam Research  109,554   11,614,915 
Microchip Technology  176,533   11,682,954 
Texas Instruments  144,118   10,654,644 
      50,202,107 
Software - 15.5%       
Citrix Systems  102,917 b  8,925,991 
Oracle  274,747   11,042,082 

 


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

Common Stocks - 97.2% (continued)  Shares   Value ($)  
Software - 15.5% (continued)         
salesforce.com  146,633 b  10,557,576  
Workday, Cl. A  88,737 a,b  7,482,304  
      38,007,953  
Software & Services - 13.5%         
eBay  314,834 b  8,755,534  
HubSpot  92,241 b  5,174,720  
LogMeIn  48,447   4,885,880  
Microsoft  143,547   8,650,142  
Teradata  213,371 b  5,729,011  
      33,195,287  
Total Common Stocks (cost $183,011,604)      239,105,589  
Limited Partnership Interests - .0%         
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - .0%         
Bluestream Ventures LP         
(cost $829,893)  1,655 b,c  97,762  
Other Investment - .8%  Shares   Value ($)  
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund         
(cost $1,927,807)  1,927,807 d  1,927,807  
Investment of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned - 2.4%         
Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund, Hamilton Shares         
(cost $5,894,977)  5,894,977 d  5,894,977  
Total Investments (cost $191,664,281)  100.4 %  247,026,135  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables  (.4 %)  (944,410 ) 
Net Assets  100.0 %  246,081,725  

 

LP—Limited Partnership

a     

Security, or portion thereof, on loan. At November 30, 2016, the value of the fund’s securities on loan was $12,620,396 and the value of the collateral held by the fund was $12,860,085, consisting of cash collateral of $5,894,977 and U.S. Government & Agency securities valued at $6,965,108.

b     

Non-income producing security.

c     

Security restricted as to public resale.

d     

Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.


 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)  Value (%) 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment  20.4 
Internet Software & Services  18.2 
Software  15.5 
Software & Services  13.5 
Internet & Catalog Retail  10.4 
IT Services  6.7 
Electronic Equipment & Instruments  6.4 
Communications Equipment  3.6 
Money Market Investments  3.2 
Health Care Equipment & Services  2.5 
  100.4 

 

Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.


 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
Dreyfus Technology Growth Fund
November 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of November 30, 2016 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2 - Other     
  Level 1 - Unadjusted  Significant  Level 3 -Significant   
  Quoted Prices  Observable Inputs Unobservable Inputs   Total 
Assets ($)         
Investments in Securities:       
Equity Securities—         
Domestic Common         
Stocks  221,464,753  -  -  221,464,753 
Equity Securities—         
Foreign Common         
Stocks  17,640,836  -  -  17,640,836 
Limited Partnership         
Interests  -  -  97,762  97,762 
Mutual Funds  7,822,784  -  -  7,822,784 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 

 


 

NOTES

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Investments in securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange or national securities market on which such securities are primarily traded. Securities listed on the National Market System for which market quotations are available are valued at the official closing price or, if there is no official closing price that day, at the last sales price. For open short positions, asked prices are used for valuation purposes. Bid price is used when no asked price is available. Registered investment companies that are not


 

NOTES

traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities not listed on an exchange or the national securities market, or securities for which there were no transactions, are valued at the average of the most recent bid and asked prices. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued at the mean price between quoted bid prices and asked prices by an independent pricing service (the"Service") approved by the Board Members ("Board").These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

Fair valuing of securities may be determined with the assistance of a pricing service using calculations based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators, such as prices of relevant American Depository Receipts and financial futures. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

For restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of the fund’s interest in a limited partnership represents the amount that the fund could reasonably expect to receive from the limited partnership if the fund’s capital was withdrawn from the limited partnership at the time of valuation, based on information available at the time the valuation is made and that the fund believes to be reliable. The valuation utilizes financial information supplied by the limited partnership with adjustments made daily for any underlying exchange traded securities. Limited partnerships are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, the fund may lend securities to qualified institutions. It is the fund’s policy that, at origination, all loans are secured by


 

NOTES

collateral of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned and 105% of the value of foreign securities loaned. Collateral equivalent to at least 100% of the market value of securities on loan is maintained at all times. Collateral is either in the form of cash, which can be invested in certain money market mutual funds managed by Dreyfus or U.S. Government and Agency securities. The fund is entitled to receive all dividends, interest and distributions on securities loaned, in addition to income earned as a result of the lending transaction. Should a borrower fail to return the securities in a timely manner, The Bank of New York Mellon is required to replace the securities for the benefit of the fund or credit the fund with the market value of the unreturned securities and is subrogated to the fund’s rights against the borrower and the collateral.

Effective July 1, 2015, the fund adopted new accounting guidance under Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-11, which requires expanded disclosures related to financial assets pledged in secured financing transactions (such as securities lending) and the related contractual maturity terms of these secured transactions. The type of securities loaned for which cash collateral was received, is indicated in the Statement of Investments. Additionally, the contractual maturity of security lending transactions are on an overnight and continuous basis.

At November 30, 2016, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $55,361,854, consisting of $61,223,115 gross unrealized appreciation and $5,861,261 gross unrealized depreciation.

At November 30, 2016, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

Additional investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the SEC on Form N-CSR.


 

 

Item 2.             Controls and Procedures.

(a)        The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b)        There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recently ended fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting. 

Item 3.             Exhibits.

(a)        Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 


 

FORM N-Q

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Advantage Funds, Inc.

 

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    January 12, 2017

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak

            President

 

Date:    January 12, 2017

 

By:       /s/ James Windels

            James Windels

            Treasurer

 

Date:    January 12, 2017

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a)        Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  (EX-99.CERT)

 

SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

I, Bradley J. Skapyak, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Advantage Funds, Inc.;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

5.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

                                                                        By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

                                                                                    Bradley J. Skapyak

                                                                                    President

                                                                        Date:    January 12, 2017

 

 


 

SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

I, James Windels, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Advantage Funds, Inc.;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  Based on my knowledge, the schedule of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting;

5.  The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

                                                                  By:       /s/ James Windels

                                                                                    James Windels

                                                                                    Treasurer

                                                                        Date:    January 12, 2017

 

 



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